Unveiling My New Haversack: A Journey into DIY Bushcraft skill / project.” 

thanks for all the support everyone your the reason i do these videos

Hi Blackie , greeting from Australia, thank you for your time to make these videos, great haversack,really like the the new additions, have your early one, excellent quality and well worth the price, even with this one.

Yes sir lighter knot is gold! But yeah find an old falled over pine tree or stumps for sure!

Blackie, I could listen to you read the dictionary! ;) The fact that your content is so interesting and informative is a bonus. Thank you!

100% on the fat wood for handles. When I make a mistake drilling the hole, I use those for pen holders in the garage. They smell good too.

Thanks for the good tips Blackie. My cousin lives in the sticks in north Florida. He has a bunch of hurricane downed pine trees and sent me a box up here in western WA. Great stuff for up here in the wet, cold, drenched, humid NW.

Thank you Blackie for the information about fat wood. I will keep on the lookout for some.

Thanks Blackie

That’s a great idea, using fatwood for a handle on a tool! And, wow, that was a fantastic piece of fatwood!

We appreciate you Blackie and all you do. As of now here in Northeast GA. I'm still waitin on the Rain, I can hear the Thunder and its A-Rollin on but it just ain't quite makin it to me.

I keep a stick of fatwood in my PF M40 cook kit and it also serves as the handle for the top pan.

That's great that the Redhawk Haversack is in production now, Blackie. I hope that there will be more in the future. Thanks for the tips on fatwood. I'll have to look for a big great piece like you have. 👍🏻👍🏻

I process my fatwood on a bandsaw , cut it into rectangle strips about 1/2" x 5 " or there about. I cut off the stuff that doesn't have much in it and cut it to length and now I have about 30 pieces of high quality fatwwod strips that should last a long time.

Thank you for the great advice. I’ve never thought or heard about using Fat Wood as a long match. Brilliant

Love your videos. I always learn something new. I’m a grey beard and am going to start looking at your videos for us older Bushcrafters. Awesome video.

fatwood=lighter wood= heartwood of some species of pine trees. pine resin impregnated wood from stumps and roots. Anytime I see an old stump hole from a pine tree I take a stout stick and probe around trying to find a chunk of the heart wood(resin impregnated remains that did not rot away). I'll take that "knot of lighter wood"" and leave it by my trail for me to pickup on my way back out. Sometimes the hunks of lighter knot can be three feet long and weight a few pounds. Long leaf pine and loblolly pine produce heartwood here in the coastal plain of North Carolina. Old pine lumber harvested in the south 100 plus years ago and shipped north to New England as a building material may be resin impregnated "heartwood". We used to see pine paneling made from heart pine. Fire Departments had a hard time extinguishing fires when heart pine lumber was used as structural, siding or paneling if old warehouses (Tobacco warehouses in my area) or old homes ever caught fire.

Piece of a pet food bag for the shavings . Love that lighter pine

Thanks Blackie, that’s one heck of a piece of fat wood...stay safe my friend

I have cut lighter pine stumps from the ccc ( civilian conservation corps) in the 1930's that are still full of sap ... I have some in my fire kit right now. Good ideas TNX.

Take my money!!!

Good video and tips Blackie, thanks for sharing YAH bless !

Blackie!.. I just want to report, today I was in Allegan, Mi at their end of the month antique show at the fairgrounds. Its the last Sunday of each month, from May to September. Rated top 10 in the U.S. from what I hear. We go a few times every year, today the first for '24.. there were wide brim hats and haversacks of all sorts everywhere! There was not an inexpensive old knife of any make or model to be found. Old hand tools are through the roof as well. However, for $25, I found another '49 down bag and cover, in almost perfect condition !! Keep em coming. I think you reach more people than you know!

Blackie, I want one of your haversacks new ones.I'll send you the money about August 1st.That's okay give me a holiday

Funny we are tickled to have a day of no rain except I have to mow the lawn. Pine knots were every here in the old days after the logging clear cutting of the late 19th century. People collected them to get their wood stove or furnace fire going in the mornings. After 100 plus years you have to make new ones.

You ought to sell some of those long pieces of fatlighter, I would buy one, in kansas that's hard to find, we have 1000 oak trees, but not a pine to be found in the wild, only thing I can get are the tiny kindling and that don't work for handles very well, I'm sure I'm not alone wanting a good 2 ft piece or larger.

Blackie , I would like one of your New Haversack I can send you the money the 1st of August.

If anyone needs large fatwood pieces I have alot of it thats wild caught from here in MO, I have small all way up to +/- 10 inch diameter lol and its very rich also. I can be contacted thru my youtube channel or my email in my videos description box, if someone is interested pictures wouldnt be a problem and ill work with you the best I can. 👍

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I found your videos on layers and the m65 to be very helpful. Will you do a video on field shirts?

If you'll go buy a roll of tape at lowes or home depot it comes in a plastic round container. Just in case someone wants to know.

Black are you still got that new have a sack I'd like one

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I want one of your red hawk haversack if I can still get one

Hey Blackie where do I find info about your wild camp with Scab?

Hey Blackie, when will the waxed canvas be available?

Blackie how do I get one of your haversack your new one . Im in California thanks Blackie

Blackie, how can I get a hunk of fatwood like that? I live in Minnesota. We have lots of birch but it's obviously not nearly as versatile as fatwood. I've purchased boxes of fatwood slices, but it's been processed beyond what a "raw" hunk can do. Is there a company that actually sells pieces similar to the one that you've shown? I'm keenly interested.

This does look really cool. But looking at the pictures, I'm afraid this haversack is a bit too large for someone of my size. I didn't have good luck with shoulder bags that were too large overall.

I'm suffering from fat wood envy, l've never seen anything like that round here 🇨🇦 But we got lots of birch bark & l do find small pieces of fat wood now & then Cheers

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Blackie please add me to the list

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